Seagate MARATHON 810 Installation Manual page 13

Marathon 810 Installation Guide, February 1996
that contains data, you may destroy all the data on
that drive.
1. Run the FORMAT program. Insert a DOS program diskette
that contains the FORMAT program into your diskette drive.
At the DOS prompt, type format, followed by the drive letter
for the first drive partition you want to format (for example,
format C:). Then, press
procedure to format other new drive partitions you have
created. Consult your DOS manual for FORMAT command
options.
Note. If you are formatting the drive partition that will be used to
boot your computer (the "C" drive), copy the DOS system
files to this drive. To do this, type /s after the format
command (for example, format C: /s)
2. Verify the drive capacity. After high-level formatting a drive,
you can verify the usable drive capacity by running the DOS
CHKDSK utility program.
. If necessary, repeat this
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